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Treliving's real failure as a GM is pro scouting. Pretty much the rest of the league knew what Hamonic was, hence why there were no takers when he initially requested a trade. It took dufus Treliving and his "pro scouts" to overpay for a rapidly regressing defensive defenceman a full two seasons since his last decent campaign. It was a trade that every other GM in the league looked around and asked: "This is the wizard? Really?"

But there's a long list of disastrous pro scouting. From James Neal, to Troy Brouwer, to Mason Raymond, to Brandon Bolig, to Jaromir Jagr, etc.

Now we have head scratchers like Simon, Leivo and Norstrom.

We hope Tanev and Markstrom pan out, but it likely won't be due to pro scouting knowing what they're doing and instead just plain dumb luck. Hell, without Peters recommendation, Ryan may not have been acquired.

If Treliving remains as GM, he should just stop acquiring pros. He has no idea what he's doing there. He should also just fire his pro scouting staff and buy a dart board with the savings.